Universe Designer XI 3.0/3.1: Universe Design

This core three-day instructor-led course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills needed to design, build and maintain BusinessObjects 6.5, BusinessObjects XI R1/R2, and BusinessObjects XI 3.0/3.1 universes.

You should attend this course to understand universe design concepts and terminology, as well as the role of universes in relation to BusinessObjects reporting tools.

The course provides an overview of the process for planning, designing and creating a universe and then walks you through the process of designing a universe that responds to identified requirements.

The business benefit of this course is that you learn best-practice methodology for creating universes that respond to your reporting requirements.

Through well-designed universes, report designers and business users are able to create reports without having to know anything about the underlying data source or structure.

Who Can Benefit

This course is designed to teach you how to design BusinessObjects universes using Universe Designer; using BusinessObjects 6.5, BusinessObjects XI R1/R2, or BusinessObjects XI 3.0/3.1.

New features covered in the XI 3.0/3.1 course that are not applicable to BusinessObjects 6.5 or XI R1/R2 learners include:
-Creating a cascading list of values associated with a hierarchy of objects in a universe
-Creating delegated measures
-Creating nested derived tables
-Using Translation Manager
-Testing universe results in Web Intelligence Rich Client

The target audience for this course is anyone responsible for creating and designing universes using Universe Designer, using BusinessObjects XI 3.0/3.1.

Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience (To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:)
-SQL and relational database management systems concepts and structures
-Familiarity with the type of data and the logical structure of the databases in your organization
-Familiarity with BusinessObjects Web Intelligence report building